Guatemala’s soaring crimes against women

Macho culture blamed in part for few being booked for the killings of 700 women last year.

In Guatemala, the low detection rate in crimes against women, is being blamed, in part, on a macho culture.

Seven hundred women were murdered in the South-American country last year. However, very few of their attackers have been caught.

Al Jazeera’s David Mercer reports from Guatemala City.

Source: Al Jazeera

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